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Tag Archives: Commissioners of Services
Dementia Adviser Services Survey (Department of Health / IpsosMORI / Age UK)
Summary The Department of Health, with Age UK and Ipsos MORI, investigated the provision of services for older people in England, with a particular focus on Dementia Adviser Services. Dementia Advisers provide “a single identifiable point of contact for people … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, End of Life Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Advice and Support, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing and Society, Ageing Policy in the UK, Ageing Population, Anna Carluccio: Research Director at Ipsos MORI, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Befriending Services, Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care at Home, Care Seven Days a Week, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Carer Support Services, Case Loads of Dementia Advisers, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Charlotte Simms: Senior Research Executive at Ipsos MORI, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Collaborative Working, Commissioners, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Decisions, Commissioning Landscape in England, Commissioning Local Services, Commissioning Support, Commissioning Support Services, Commitment to Carers (NHS England), Community Support, Community Support Services, Cost of Commissioning Dementia Advisers, Creating Dementia Friendly Environments, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Cross-Sector Partnerships, Day Centres, Dementia / Memory Cafes, Dementia Adviser Services, Dementia Advisers, Dementia advisers Survey, Dementia Advisor, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Care Advisers, Dementia Navigators, Dementia Nurses, Dementia Roadmaps, Dementia Support Workers, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Specific Services, Domiciliary Care, Exercise Classes, Falls Prevention, Foot Care, Home Adaptations, Information and Advice, Information and Advice Services, Integrated Local Services, Ispos MORI, Joint Commissioning, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Services, Memory Advisers, Memory Services, Other Support Workers, Partnership and Collaboration, Partnership Working, Patient and Public Participation, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Diagnostic Support, Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Quality and Safety of Care Provided in Integrated Local Services, Referrals, Residential Care, Residential Care Homes, Residential Care in Private Sector Care Homes, Services Available For Older People, Singing For The Brain, Single Point of Contact, Support for Carers, Support From Local Services, Survey of Provision of Dementia Adviser Services, Telephone Based Services, Web Based Services
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Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Dementia (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society’s fourth annual report exploring the quality of life for people with dementia (and their families and carers) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is entitled “Dementia 2015: Aiming higher to transform lives is in England”. This … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged 2015 General Election Dementia Manifesto (All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia), Active Lifestyle, Addressing Dementia: The OECD Response (2015), All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia Manifesto for 2015 General Election, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society National Dementia Helpline, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Alzheimer’s Society’s Supporting Diagnosis Project, APPG on Dementia, APPG on Dementia Manifesto 2015, Asda, Assessment of Quality of Life, Attributable Cost of Dementia, Aviva, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Balancing Risk and Choice, Barbara Pointon’s Web of Care, Baroness Sally Greengross (APPG on Dementia), Barriers to Involvement, Barriers to Joined-Up Care, Barriers to Support, Barriers: Discrimination, Barriers: Lack of Continuity of Care, Barriers: Lack of Support for Carers, Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Burden of Dementia (Statistics), Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Care Homes, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Information and Support Programme, Carer Information and Support Programme (CrISP), Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Central Lancashire’s Pathway of Post-Diagnostic Support Services, Challenge on Dementia 2020, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Cracks in the Pathway (CQC), Crawley Dementia Alliance, Dementia 2015 UK Policy Report, Dementia 2015: Aiming Higher to Transform Lives, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friendly Swimming Project: Amateur Swimming Association (ASA), Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Research: UK Impact, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Health and Care Settings, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Dementia-Friendly Workplaces, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Disease-Modifying Therapies for Dementia, EasyJet, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Forget Me Not Dementia Unit (Warrington Hospital), G8 Summit, Global Alzheimer’s and Dementia Action Alliance (GADAA), Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Healthy Lifestyles, Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase), Impact of Dementia (Statistics), Improving Dementia Education and Awareness, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Inadequate Homecare Training, Increasing Wellbeing, Integrated Services in Tower Hamlets, Involvement and Participation, John's Campaign, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Lloyds Banking Group, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Marks and Spencer, National Dementia Helpline, New Models of Care, NHS England’s Five Year Forward View, NHS England’s New Models of Care Programme, NHS Five Year Forward View (5YFV), Organisational and Cultural Barriers, Over-Complexity, Participation in Research, Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Dementia Study, Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Dementia, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevalence of Dementia, Prime Minister’s Challenge On Dementia 2020, Public Health England, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life (Carers), Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Reducing Antipsychotic Prescriptions in Dementia, Reducing Complexity, Reducing Social Isolation: Side by Side, Right to Know Campaign, Risk Management, Risk Management Assessment, Risk Stratification, Social Isolation, St Gregory’s High School (Warrington), Support for New Models of Care (New Deal), Support Services, Supporting Healthy Lifestyles, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Supreme Court Judgment (March 2015) on Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Swimming With Dementia, Systems Complexity, Tower Hamlets, Web of Care, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, World Dementia Council
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Fit for Frailty Guidance: Part 1 and Part 2 (BGS)
Summary The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has issued guidance on the care of frail older people in community and outpatient settings. Their “Fit for Frailty” guidance emerged from workshop meetings in June 2014. Part 1 supplies advice in the form … Continue reading →
Posted in Age UK, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Delirium, Falls, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation: University of Leeds, Adult Social Services, Assessment of Capacity, BGS, British Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society (BGS), Care and Support Plans (CSP), Causes and Prevention of Frailty, Causes and Prevention of Frailty: Deficit Model, Causes and Prevention of Frailty: Phenotype Model, Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Commissioners of Services, Common Problems of Frailty, Complications Screening Program (CSP), Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), Cumulative Deficit Model, Dementia Long-Term Services, Fit for Frailty Guidance (BGS), Fit for Frailty Project, Frail Older People, Frailty, Frailty Services, Frailty Syndromes, General Practitioners, Geriatricians, GP Assessment, Groningen Frailty Indicator Questionnaire, Health Service Managers, Holistic Medical Reviews, Holistic Medical Reviews by GPs, Identifying People Living With Frailty, Immobility, Incontinence, John Young: Academic Unit of Elderly Care and Rehabilitation at University of Leeds, John Young: NHS England, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), Medication Reviews, Multiple Medications (Polypharmacy), National Voices, Older People’s Mental Health Teams, People Living With Frailty, PRISMA 7 Questionnaire, Professor John Young, Professor John Young: Former National Clinical Director for Integration and Frail Elderly at NHS England, RCGP, Recognition and Diagnosis of Frailty, Reshaping Care for Older People, Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS), Royal College of General Practitioners, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP), Self-Reported Health, Social Service Managers, Social Services, Susceptibility to Side-Effects of Medication, Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT Measures), Walking Speed (Gait Speed)
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UK Policy Report: the Quality of Life for People with Dementia in 2014 (Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Alzheimer’s Society has published the third annual report “Dementia 2014: Opportunity for change”, which examines many aspects of the quality of life for people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Similar to the two previous reports … Continue reading →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, Standards, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Advice and Support, All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), Alzheimer's Society Policy Reports: Dementia 20xx Series, Alzheimer's Society: Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Advisers, Alzheimer’s Society Public Policy Team, Alzheimer’s Society’s Research Network, Assessment of Quality of Life, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), Audit of Memory Clinics in England, Awareness and Understanding, Awareness Raising, Barriers to Support, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Better Care Fund, Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities (UK), Blackfriars Consensus Statement, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Burden of Dementia, Care Act 2014, Care and Support, Care and Support Services, Caregiver Support, Carer Burden in Dementia, Carer Support, Carers’ Health and Wellbeing, Charging for Care and Support, Commissioners of Services, Commissioning Support Services, Community Support, Community Support Services, Connecting Communities, Dementia 2014: Opportunity for Change, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Action Alliance’s Carers' Call to Action, Dementia Adviser Service, Dementia Advisers, Dementia Advisor Service, Dementia Advisors, Dementia Awareness, Dementia Diagnosis and Care in England, Dementia Diagnosis Rates, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia Friends, Dementia Research, Dementia Research Funding, Dementia Research Priorities, Dementia Support South Lincs, Dementia Without Walls (York), Dementia Without Walls Project, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Care Homes, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), Diagnosis and Referral, Diagnostic Waiting Times, Direct Payments, Dixons Allerton Academy, English National Memory Clinics Audit, FITS (Focused Intervention for Training of Staff) Programme, Focused Intervention Training and Support (FITS), Funding of Care and Support, G7 Global Dementia Summit, Good Housing Design, GP Commissioners, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Quality of Life, Health and Social Care Reform, Health and Wellbeing, Health Care Support Received by People with Mental Health Problems, Health Commissioners, Health Wellbeing and Independence, Home Care Support, Home Support in Dementia Care, Housing and Dementia, Housing Learning and Innovation Network, Identification and Referral, Improving Dementia Services in Northern Ireland, Increasing Wellbeing, Innovations in Dementia, Involvement and Participation, Living Well with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia Research, Local Authorities, Local Authority Commissioners, Memory Services National Accreditation Programme (MSNAP), Mental Capacity Act, Mental Capacity Act (MCA), Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, NHS Clinical Commissioners, NICE Quality Standards, Northern Ireland Single Assessment Tool (NISAT), Northern Ireland: Transforming Your Care, Opportunity for Change Report (2014), Participation in Research, Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Prevention, Prevention of Dementia, Prevention Strategies, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Public Sector, Quality of Care Across the Course of Dementia, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Quality of Life Promotion, Quality of Life Research, Right to Know Campaign, Salford Institute for Dementia, Salford Institute for Dementia (University of Salford), Social Services and Well-being Act in Wales, South West Commissioning Guidance, Square Hole Club, Staff Training, Support for Carers, Support Networks, Support Services, Supporting People to Live Well With Dementia, Transforming Your Care, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, UK Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities, UK Homecare Association, UK Spending on Dementia Research, User Participation, Variable Quality of Care, Waiting Times, Welsh Assembly Government, Widening Participation, Wokingham Hospital, Wokingham Memory Clinic, Workforce Development, Workforce Training, Younger People With Dementia in Gwent
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Minimising Restrictive Interventions (Department of Health)
Summary Restrictive interventions include a variety of approaches which limit an individual’s movement, liberty and / or freedom to act independently. “Positive and proactive care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions” provides a framework for adult health and social care … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accountability, Assurance, Avoidable Harm, Avoiding Restrictive Interventions, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Challenging Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour in Dementia, Chemical Restraint, Choice, Commissioners of Services, Compassion, Compassionate Care, Crisis Care Concordat, Dignity, Dignity and Respect, Dignity in Care, Distressed Behaviour, Distressed Behaviour: Triggers, ECHR: European Convention on Human Rights, Effective Governance, Empowerment, European Convention on Human Rights, Executive Directors, Face-Down Restraint, Five PANEL Principles, Frontline Staff, Good Governance, Human Rights Act (HRA), Improving Care for People with Dementia, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independent Living, Individualised Approaches, Involvement and Participation, Leadership, Least Restrictive Practice, Least Restrictive Principle, Legality, Local Policy Frameworks, Loss of Independence, Maintaining Independence, Making Decisions on Behalf of People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Managing Unforeseen Behaviour, MCA: Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mechanical Restraint, Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat, Monitoring, Monitoring and Oversight, NHS Protect, PANEL Principles, PBS-Based Approaches, People With Dementia Who Lack Capacity, Physical Restraint, Physical Restraint in Mental Healthcare, Positive and Proactive Care, Positive and Safe, Positive and Safe Programme, Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), Positive Behavioural Support, Positive Relationships, Post-Incident Reviews, Primary Preventative Strategies, Proactive Care, Recording and Reporting, Recovery Based Approaches, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing and Managing Conflict, Reducing Harm, Reducing Restrictive Interventions, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Regaining Independence, Respect, Responsible Commissioning, Restraint, Restraint for Psychiatric Patients (RESPECT), Restraint in Health and Adult Social Care, Restriction, Restrictive Intervention Reduction Programmes, Restrictive Interventions, Restrictive Practices, Safe and Ethical Restrictive Interventions, Secondary Preventative Strategies, Staff Training, Staying Independent, Transforming Care, Transforming Care Environments, Transparency, Triggers of Violence and Aggression, Violence, Violence and Aggression, Whole Service Approaches, Workforce Development, Workforce Planning and Development
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